Mysteries and Monsters
Podcast featuring guest interviews from the around the world covering the Paranormal, Cryptozoology, Legends and Fortean themes, published weekly.
Episodes
Prepare for a terrifying journey through the darkest corners of Niagara. In this film, Dr. Peter Sacco explores 13 chilling ghost stories from one of the most haunted regions in Canada. Sacco explores these historical, scary places based on his bestselling book Niagara's Most Haunted, seen at comic cons and paracons.
Peter and I discuss his investigations, his team and some of the area's most well known hauntings as well as s...
It's not October without a visit from our friend Ruth Roper-Wylde as we return to the haunted rooms of Britain and Ireland with two new volumes of "The Haunted Road Maps of British Ghosts" soon to be released.
We dive in to some of the brand new cases, Ruth's journey in to more fortean realms of the unexplained and the discovery that in certain locations, hauntings would seem to be the least of our concerns.
It's a warm welcome back to Dr Rob Gandy, whose first book "Real Ghost Encounters: True Tales of the Supernatural" has just been released.
Since hearing a first hand report of a phantom hitchhiker, Rob's fascination as a statistician saw him drawn to the weird and the wonderful. Collecting first hand accounts, Rob has built up a data base of over 200 first hand accounts which the book shares over 100 of them with us.&nbs...
This episode I am delighted to welcome paranormal investigator, researcher and soon to be author Caroline McKendick-Gibson to the show as we delve in to the strange world of the poltergeist.
We discuss how the usual cliches simply don't apply to most cases, the theories on what these infestations may actually be and Caroline also shares some of the strange experiences she and her husband have had in their current home as well...
In Peter's new book, Spooky Britain, he takes readers on a thrilling tour of the UK's most haunted houses, sinister dungeons and mysterious crypts.
From eerie pubs and creepy museums to legendary sites steeped in witchcraft and vampiric lore, this book is packed with practical tips for those who want to experience the supernatural for themselves. Discover what makes each location unique, how to immerse yourself in its atmosphe...
Beyond the alluring shores of Lake Michigan sits a bizarre world of deadly hellhounds, deformed Melonheads, haunted hotels, UFOs, sea serpents, cursed lighthouses, werewolves, ghost ships and much much more. These legends will certainly change the way you view the great lake.
Joining us to take us a tour of the many strange locations and encounters in the Lake Michigan region is our good friend Chad Lewis!
Sharing numerous evidential case studies, Jonathan Kendall explores the seemingly irreconcilable physical and spiritual aspects of UFOs/UAPs. The evidence he presents has implications that could lead to revolutionary breakthroughs in the areas of communications, energy use, medicine, interstellar travel, religion, and the nature of reality.
This eye-opening book investigates the connection between UFOs and kindred phenomena li...
Beneath live oaks laden with Spanish moss, on humid nights thick with the scent of honeysuckle, creatures and spirits stalk the woods and towns of the American South. From Confederate ghosts to places haunted by history, from mysterious objects with suspected interstellar origins to the putrid stench of a humanoid monster, Sherry Malaver Parada takes you on a tour of the peculiar happenings below the Mason-Dixon Line!
Alaska is vast, remote, and indifferent to human comfort. It's a place where the wilderness stretches unbroken for hundreds of miles, where the nights last for months, and where the line between the known and the unexplainable grows thin.
In Stranger Alaska, the tenth book in the acclaimed Stranger series, paranormal investigator and 40-year field researcher John Olsen collects the most chilling, baffling, and unforgettable t...
It's a warm welcome back to our good friend Jason Offutt as we head on the hunt for some of the worlds more overlooked cryptids from around the world.
From Asia to South America, Antarctica to Australia, the rest of the world is not left behind some of the more well known areas of cryptid hotspots and it seems they've some of the weirdest members of Team Cryptid we've ever heard about.
Jason's books can be found here:
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In Philip Mantle's new book, he looks back at 5 decades of involvement in the field of Ufology from his first tentative steps joining the Yorkshire UFO Society in 1980, to lecturing across the world in the 1990s, some of his favourite overlooked cases and much more.
Philip takes us on a journey that saw him visit several notable locations both here and abroad and how he sees his career investigating the strangest of cases.
As a special bonus, the lovely team at Crossed Wires recorded the live show in July at their Festival and I was delighted to be joined by my good friend, Dr David Clarke.
We covered some of our local cases of high strangeness that David found himself involved in during his time working at the Sheffield Star.
Thanks to everyone who came to see us and the team at Crossed Wires for inviting me.
Crossed Wires can be found here...
Clare's debut two part book is a landmark exploration of modern pixie and piskie encounters in Devon and Cornwall, blending folklore research, contemporary testimonies, mythic ecology, and West Country fairy traditions.
Ideal for readers seeking authentic British fairy lore, real‑world faerie experiences, and the living traditions of Pixieland, Clare explains her genesis on this journey in to the folklore of these enigmatic c...
Author and lover of all things cryptid Luke Phillips returns on this show to discuss his double release of two fantastic new books, his marine monster thriller "Dark Tides" and his collection of terrifying horror short stories "Werewolves and Wildmen" which have both been released in the last month.
We discuss the real life encounters that inspired both books and how the history of sea monsters and hairy creatures can be trace...
Filmmakers Tim Whittard and Paul Cowmeadow join me on this episode as we head out in to the South West of England on the trail of all kinds of Fortean mysteries. From out of place big cats, to King Arthur, Haunted locations, the Holy Grail and two of Britain's most notorious serial killers, there is something for everyone in this overlooked area of the UK..
The Fortean Film Festival can be found here:
Thank you to Paul and Tim...
This episode we look back at centuries of dark folklore, lost legends, and the wild inspirations behind Bram Stoker's immortal classic. Volcanic cataclysms, secret aristocratic scandals, mysterious societies, and ominous landscapes all converge to cast their spell. Historian Steven J. Rolfes guides us through a web of real events, eccentric creators, and uncanny myths that shaped and informed Stoker's Dracula.
Flying Saucers, Unidentified Flying Objects, Unidentified Anomalous Objects, Foo Fighters, Ghost Rockets, Phantom Airships, Chariots of the Gods whatever you call them strange things have haunted our skies since the dawn of time. Are they invaders from outer space as imagined in Hollywood movies? Are they the product of psychological, sociological, and cultural factors? Are they nonterrestrial intelligences who are intimately...
The Wild Hunt has stalked the folklore of Britain and the wider world for centuries, while a ghostly gallery of lone huntsmen continue to haunt the fields and hedgerows.
From prehistory to the modern age, Hugh Williams joins me as he follows the ride of the Wild Hunt to the Midlands of England where amid its history, traditions and landscape a host of spectral hunters emerge.
Hugh's website and books can be found here:
In the world of the Fae, one term strikes fear in to humans that find themselves tangled up in the mysterious ways of the Fae, The Fairy Court, held by both the Unseelie and Seelie Fairy's and both with no guarantee you'll get your freedom back!
The Seelie and Unseelie courts have become a staple in fiction and a common idea in pop culture, yet their origins and how they were and are understood in Scottish folklore have ...
As above, so below. Soon, the unseen will put on a show.
We measure the world with finite concepts such as up and down, left and right, dark and light, north and south, and so on. In this reality of many realities, our world is a quantum leap beyond our perceptions, so vast that it is understandable that we should feel safer mapping our perceptual plot of land in the universe. It is when we spend our lives nurturing the existe...
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